# Publications on Africa ## expand\_more Senior Consultant project On African Currency Unions, for UN Economic Commission for Africa. (Views are the author’s alone.) Memo 1, “[Economic Fundamentals and Theories Relevant to Optimal Currency Unions](/file_url/574),” revised June 21, 2018. Memo 2, “[Costs and Benefits of Currency Unions in Africa: The Case of the CFA Franc Zone](/file_url/575),” 1st draft, June 24, 2018. [Appendix with regression output](/file_url/592), for input note to Memo 3, "CFA Trade with the Euro Area," Aug.10, 2018. "[Mauritius: African Success Story](/file_url/689)," [chapter](http://www.nber.org/chapters/c13441) in a [volume](http://papers.nber.org/books/afri14-4) [African Successes: Sustainable Growth](http://papers.nber.org/books/afri14-4), vol.4, edited by S.Edwards, S.Johnson, & D.Weil, 2016 (University of Chicago Press). [CID WP 234](/file_url/690); NBER [WP 16569](http://www.nber.org/papers/w16569). [Summary featured](https://www.nber.org/digest/may11/w16569.html) in NBER *Digest*, Spring 2011. HKS [RWP10-036](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/publications/mauritius-african-success-story). "[The Ibrahim Prize for Excellence among African Leaders](/file_url/520)." in [*Africa Policy Journal*](http://apj.hkspublications.org/past-editions/)*,* [2014, Volume IX](http://apj.hkspublications.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/APJ_2014_web.pdf), [April,](http://apj.hkspublications.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/APJ_2014_web.pdf) pp.22-26. Shorter version: "[African Leaders' Eyes on the Prize](https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/jeffrey-frankelexplains-how-the-ibrahim-prize-may-improve-african-leadership?barrier=accesspaylog)," [*Project Syndicate*](http://www.project-syndicate.org/contributor/jeffrey-frankel)*,* Oct.15, 2013. ### More Topics [Commodities and Africa](/commodities-and-africa "Commodities and Africa") [Southern African Macroeconomics](/southern-african-macroeconomics "Southern African Macroeconomics") See also:- [ Africa ](/publication-topics-new/africa)